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  • 'I only placed a small wageh, but at vehy liberal odds.

    Blister Jones John Taintor Foote 1915

  • 'They have succeeded in staining the puhple and white at the vehy end.

    Blister Jones John Taintor Foote 1915

  • De moon have it writ on her face las 'night, de birds sing it in de trees, de chicken act it in his talk dis vehy mawnin'.

    The Law of the Land Emerson Hough 1890

  • De jailah was too po'ly to enjoy wu'kkin 'vehy hahd, so I tuk de keys, an' when dey didn't need me at nights, ovah at his house, I allus locked myse'f in reg'lar every night, so's to feel I wuz doin 'right, you know.

    The Law of the Land Emerson Hough 1890

  • The vehy fust air he put on was to build a fence in his office and compel our people to transact their business through a hole.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887

  • It is true, suh, these estates were no longer in his name, but that had no bearin 'on the events that followed; he ought to have owned them, and would have done so but for some vehy ungentlemanly fo'closure proceedin's which occurred immediately after the war.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887

  • This in itself was vehy gallin ', suh, for up to that time the mail had always been dumped out on the table in the stage office and every gentleman had he'ped himself.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887

  • Talcott, suh, belonged to one of the vehy fust families in Virginia.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887

  • This is yours, Nancy -- this little white one on the vehy tip-top.

    Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

  • Because, suh "-- here the Colonel spoke with great deliberation --" his notes had not been paid on the vehy day and hour -- a thing which would have greatly inconvenienced him -- Colonel Tabb found a sheriff in charge of his home one mornin 'and a red flag hangin' from his po'ch.

    Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

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